Article of furniture



Nov. 4, 1930. v N. E. STEPHENS y 1,780,570

\ ARTICLE OF FUBNITURE Filed April 12, 1928 M I INVENTOR I ATTORNEYPatented Nov. 4, 1930 NOBLE E.

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A, CORPORATION on NEW YORK ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Application filed April12,

This invention relates to articles of furniture constructed of sheetmaterial, such for example as plywood and designed to have the qualitiesof amplitude and substantially while being, relatively to size andappear ance, extremely light in weight.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in shapingsheets of thin materialto the desired forms representing portions ofarticles of furniture, some of these portions providing interiorsurfaces and others exterior surfaces, the portions providing interiorsurfaces being in some places spaced apart from the portions providingexterior surfaces to thereby give the effect of bulk to the structureand permit desirable contours to be presented.

For the purpose of connecting the spaced portions, to unify them, Iintroduce a filling material which may be light in weight within theinterspaces separating spaced portions, thereby integrating the article.This filling material may be of cork, cork composition, or othersuitable light weight substance capable of enabling the spaced plywoodportions to hold their formed shapes in the produced article, withoutappreciably increasing the weight thereof.

Other features and advantages of my invention will hereinafter appear.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of a chair, composed of plywood andconstructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 3is a top plan View.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line H of Fig. 1.

gig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, an

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional detail taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In the example of my invention herein illustrated a chair is representedas composed of plywood, separate sheets whereof are employed to providethe inner and outer skins or surface portions, which are in spacedrelation for the respectivepurposes of importing bulk into the structureand enabling the interior contours to be suited to seating requirements,while the exterior contours are more 1928. Serial no. 269,318. l

An inner sheet of plywoodis shaped to lie symmetrically Within saidoutersheet, being in spaced relation therewith at the chair sides,

thus providing the interior side surface por tions 5 of the chair,'theseportions 5 extending rearwardly at their'upper ends into contact withback 1 the inner and outer plywood sheets diverging downwardly from thechair back top to provide a gradually enlargingintermediate clearancetherebetween.

The clearances atthe chair sides between the outer and inner plywoodsheets are indicated at 6, and the back clearance between said outer andinner plywood sheetsis indicated at 7. I

As means for. maintainingthe spaced relationship of the outer and inner,plywood sheets and to close or seal theinterspace, I provide fillingstrips which may be of cork, cork composition, or other suitable lightweight material. These filling strips, inditerspace unoccupied. By thesemeans great structural strength is achieved; the chair is given theappearance of solidity, and at the same time'its weight is minimized.

The seat 9, which may be of plywood, is provided with lugs 10 that passthrough slots 11 out through the inner plywood sheet for theirreception, and wedges 12 are driven through holes 13 in said lugs, tobind the seat to said inner sheet.

Obviously, however, other means of'uniting the seat to the chair may beresorted to. The chair front, below the seat, is composed of a plywoodsheet 14: that spans the space between the chair sides, fillets 15 beingglued to both front and sides for reinforcement, it being understoodthat the chair portions may be united with glue.

Variations within the spirit and scope of cated structure, while leavingthe major'inmy invention are equally comprehended by the foregoingdisclosure.

I claim:

1. A chair comprising inner and outer sheets of plywood, each formed topredetermined contours and disposed in spaced relation, the contours ofsaid sheets forming a double arch and varying to differentiate the innerand outer curvilinear appearance of the article, said inner and outersheets converging vertically in one direction to provide a wedge effect,and a cork-like material disposed between the exposed edge portions ofsaid sheets to integrate the same, the space between the body portionsof said sheetsbeing free from braces and filling material.

2. An article of furniture comprising inner and outer sheets of plywood,each formed to predetermined contours and disposed inspaced relation,and a cork-like material dis.- posed between the exposed edge portionsof said sheets, to integrate the same, the space between the bodyportions of said sheets being free from braces and filling material.

New York, April 10, 1928.

NOBLE E. STEPHENS.

